Cessna 210L accident near Raceland, LA

On April 3, 2025, a Cessna 210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Raceland, LA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date
April 3, 2025
Place
Raceland, LA
Aircraft
Cessna 210L · Airplane
Injuries
2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
Damage
Destroyed
Position
29.702°N, 90.652°W
NTSB ID
20250403199955

NTSB summary

On April 2, 2025, at 2030 central daylight time, a Cessna 210L airplane, N1574P, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Raceland, Louisiana. The pilot and flight instructor were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 instructional flight. Southern Seaplane, Inc., the airplane owner/operator, informed investigators that the accident pilot had recently reached 500 hours of total flight experience, and that the purpose of the accident flight was to provide the pilot the opportunity to gain more night flight experience and to conduct an instrument proficiency check of the pilot by the instructor that was on-board the airplane. The operator indicated that they intended to add the accident pilot to their on-demand air charter certificate sometime in the future and were helping her gain the experience necessary. The operator said the intended route of flight was to originate from the Southern Seaplane Airport (65LA), Belle Chase, Louisiana, fly to the Houme-Terrebonne Airport (HUM), Houma, Louisiana, perform an instrument approach, fly to the South Lafourche Leonard Miller Jr. Airport (GAO), Galliano, Louisiana, perform another instrument approach, and then return to 65LA. Preliminary flight track data indicated that the airplane departed 65LA about 2000 and proceeded toward the west. The flight contacted the New Orleans Approach control facility and requested to fly a practice ILS (instrument landing system) approach into HUM. The flight later requested an instrument flight rules clearance since they woul

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